The 100 meter hurdles world record of 12.21 seconds stood for 28 years until being smashed yesterday in London by American runner Kendra Harrison—who didn’t learn until about a minute after the race that she’d broken one of track & field’s most impenetrable barriers.

It's a little older than the year-old games I usually talk about here, but Tetris is still one of my favorites—and this article from the Boston Globe is one of my favorite video game articles of all time, in which woman who did not know she was good at Tetris broke the world record for the Game Boy version.

805 people got together in Florida to shed their clothes and take a dip in the water to break the Guinness World Record for the most people naked at once and swimming together in a non-sexual (?) manner. I'm kinda grossed out by all those bodily fluids seeping into orifices (sorry) but then again, I'm a never-nude…

Mitt Romney's top strategist told reporters last month that electing Hillary Clinton would be like time traveling back to the Dark Ages, because she's such a decrepit crone. “She’s been around since the ’70s,” he said. (Significantly more archaic: the GOP's stance on women's wages, reproductive systems, and…

Miranda Ferguson, a 16-year-old high school junior from Dallas, Texas, broke the Guinness world record for the largest number of consecutive back handsprings last week when, during a football halftime show, she completed 35 back handsprings, beating the previous record of 32. This isn't the first time Ferguson has…

Thanks to a combination of Lady Gaga lyrics, deodorant strong enough for men but made just for us, and pole dancing classes, women are now more equal with men than ever. We're out-enrolling men in college, we're installing tampon machines in executive suite bathrooms, and we still enjoy a commanding lead in the…

For a while, we thought that 91-year-old Bernice Bates of Florida was the world's oldest yoga instructor, but it turns out the Guinness Book of World Records has just given 93-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch the official title. She's been teaching yoga for 61 years, and it has kept her in amazing shape. She loves doing it,…

In 2003, Britain's Paula Radcliffe finished the London Marathon in 2 hours, 15 minutes, and 25 seconds, the fastest time ever registered by a woman running the 26.2 mile race. Radcliffe's performance that day has been hailed as one of the greatest individual performances in the history of sports, but as of January 1…

Ruth and Mark Adams of Northampton, England claim their 12-year-old cat Smokey can purr as loud as 92 decibels, which is what you'd experience while watching a 737 land. While most cats only purr at 25 decibels, Smokey's purr can drown out the TV or phone conversations.

Guinness World Records has named Wayne and Laurie Hallquist of California, who measure 6'10'' and 6'6'' respectively, the world's tallest living spouses. A 19th century couple who were each taller than 7' are still the tallest husband and wife ever.

After laying a 9" egg that weighed in 5.75 ounces, Essex's 6-month-old Harriet the Hen now holds the number 1 and 2 spots in the record books. Harriet is reportedly limping, but is expected to make a full recovery. [ExpressUK]

Ralph, a 40-pound, 4-foot rabbit, is set to break his mother's Guinness World Record. In the video after the jump, his owner says, "I bought a rabbit for the grandchildren. I had no idea what I was taking on."